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I-IARTLAND LAW AND HERBERT E. LAW, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BATH-GOWN.

SPECIFICATION forming' part Aof Letters Patent No. 601,835, dated April 5, 1898.

Application filed August 4i 1397- To alZZ whom zt-may concern:

Be it known that we, HARTLAND LAW and HERBERT E. LAW, citizens of the United States,residing at San Francisco,in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have inven ted certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Gowns, of which the following is a specicatiomreference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to gowns for baths, and more particularly to a gown within which the bather may be completely inclosed for the purpose of retaining within the gown the heated `air or vapor used in the bath.

The invention has for its object to form a gown of suitable flexible material in which the lower portion resting upon the floor will be closed and also in which the bather can have the free use of his arms when desired 2o without danger of chilling the body when the arms are used.

It has for a further object to form the arm portions of the gown so that an attendant can insert his arms therein-for the purpose of z 5 massaging the bather while within the gown without cooling the body .by allowing the contact of the exterior air therewith.

Other objects and advantages4 will appear in the following description, and the novel 3o features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective of the invention as applied in use; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the gown, show- 3 5 ing in dotted lines the form of the sections of vthe gown.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout both iigures of the drawings.

The letter A designates the gown, which is 4o formed of a back portion A and a front portion A2, Jjoined together at their lower ends by a bottom or floor portion A2. To the lower portions of the oppositeedges of these portions there are attached side portions B, provided with extended upper ends B', which Serial No. 647,078. l(No model.)

Y elastic inserted therein. The upper portion of the front and rear portions are secured together above the arm portions by an inserted -5 5 piece a to' form the shoulder and are provided witha draw-stringA4 to secure and close the gown about the neck of the bather. At the lower portion of the gown a suitable inlet b' is provided, through which heated air or vapor of any desired kind may be introduced into the gown. The front portion A2 is inclined upwardly from the bottom toward the back, so as to provide an enlarged space at the base of the gown for the reception of the knees of the bather when seated in the gown.

The gown may be made of any desired Inaterial-for instance, cloth, waterproof canvas, or rubber-which material is flexible and will retain the heat or steam and exclude the exterior atmosphere. The gown is formed of suitable dimensions to admit the whole body of the bather, entrance being made from the top portion, and upon the bottom or floor portion of the gown a chair or stool may be placed, upon which the bather may sit.

It will be observed by this construction that the bather is completely inclosed and the heat or steam used is free to come into contact with all portions of the body, while the inclined front portion provides ample room for the legs and knees of the bather and for a foot-bath, if the same is desired to be used in connection with the gown. The enlarged arm portions permit the bather to thrust his hands through the sleeves, so that free use of the arms may be obtained to adjust the quantity of heat or vapor desired and also to partake of nourishment or to apply cool compresses rto the head, if necessary. By this form of sleeve the heat or vapor is permitted to come into contact with the arm and the body adjacentthereto, and they also permit the `passage of an attendants arm through the sleeve-opening for the purpose of massagingthe bather while in the gown without permitting the entrance of exterior atmosphere into the gown to chill the body. The sleeve and neck openings in the gown surround the wrists and neck, respectively, so as to exclude the entrance of air and prevent the heat or vapor from escaping from the gown. The strip joining the front and rear portions of the gown at their upper ends IOO . provides a shoulder portion a, which will rest upon the shoulder of the bather to retain the gown in position and prevent drawing of the same.

By forming the gown completely closed at the lower portion all escape of heat and va-r por at that point is prevented, while the floorv of the apartment in which the gown is used is protected against the effects of the heat or` vapor or condensed moisture which would result in the use of the gown and which would be liable to injure the carpet or other material upon the floor of the room in which the` construction and configuration of the gownj without departing from the essential features of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having described our invention and set forth its merits, what we claim as new, andl desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bath-gown composed of flexible material and provided with a body portion havingf side openings extending the width of the gown and downward from the shoulder portion thereof, a rear portion, a front portion of greater length than the rear portion, tapering side portions connected to the front and rear portions at their lower ends and eX- tended at their upper ends to form the lower portion of the sleeve, tapering sleeve portions to form the upper portion of said sleeves, and means for contracting the neck and outer ends of the sleeve portions; substantially as specified. i

2. A bath-gown comprising front, bottom and rear portions, said front portion being of greater length than the rear, tapering side portions secured to the front, bottom and rear portions at their lower ends to form side openings extending the width of the gown downward from theshoulder portion thereof, tapering sleeve portions secured to the upper ends of the front, rea-r and side portions, and means for contracting the outer ends of said sleeve portions; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 1 tures in presence of two witnesses.

HARTLAND LAW. HERBERT E. LAW. Witnesses: i

M. DALY, K. CROWLEY.' 

